Machine for applying insecticide.



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a APBJS, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1. 1911.

M Mm 2X) Lhwooc o HERMAN J. THEIM, or HOBART, New YORK.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING INSECTICIDE.

Specificationof Letters ream.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

sApplication filed April 13, 1911. Serial No. 620,843.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be itknown that I, HERMAN J. Trinlu,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hobart, in the county. of Delaware and State of New- York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Applying Insecticide, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to a machine for applying Paris green or other insecticides to plants which are'infected with insects.

-An iin ortant object of this invention is to provid e a portable machine for. the purpose specified, which is simple .in construc tion, cheap to manufacture, and-not liable to derangements. I

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. v

In the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure'l is a side .view of my machine, parts thereof being shown in section, and, Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings wherein is illust-rated a preferred'embodiment of my '-invention, the

numeral '1 designates the shell or casing of a centrifugal blower, the side walls of-the shell being provided with centrally arranged lair inlets 2. A-rotatablefan 3 isdisposed within the shell or casing 1 and is rigidly .the upper portion of the receptacle 16 and mounted upon a shaft 4, which is journaled at its opposite ends in bushings 5 formed of Babbitt metal or other suitable material.

The bushings 5 are rigidly held by metal "straps 6 and 7, which are soldered or otherwise attached to the,side walls of the shell 1. An upright or support 8 is rigidly connected with the upperend of the shell 1 and supports at its upper end a stub-staff 9', carrying a rotatable grooved pulley 10. This pulley is provided with a crank or handle 11', whereby the same may be manually rotated. A belt 12 is trained about the pulley 10 and extends downwardly for engagement with a smaller grooved pulley 13, which is fast upon the shaft 5. The pulley 13 operates within the strap 7, such strap being properly-ofi-set to provide a space for said pulley; The shell or casing 1 is provided near its periphery with a horizontal discharge pipe 14, to which is connected .a downwardly extending vertical pipe 15.

Disposed near the shell or casing 1 is a receptacle '16- for holding Paris green or other insecticides, such receptacle being rig-1 v The pipe 15" extends vertically within.the

receptacle 1.6. and terminates adjacent the bottomof the same. The pipe 15 is provided with a plurality of superposed" spaced op'enings 21,;adj acent the upper ends of which are disposed outwardly and downwardly extending tongues 22, serving to deflect the air passing through the openings 20, in a downwardly direction to impinge against] Paris greenv 23 carried-in the receptacle; The up:

'per portion of the receptacle 16 has connec- 'tion with a preferably downwardly inclined pipe 24, the end portion of which is bent at an angle, as shown, and carries a flaring discharge mouth 25. v A conical deflector 26 is disposed within the mouth 25 and held in a concentric position, with relation thereto by spaced brackets or supports 27.

Upon the sideof the shell 1 opposite pulley 13 is a diagonally arranged handle 28, having its upper'end rigidly connected with the opposite end'thereof rigidly connected with-the lower end of'the shell 1. The device as a whole is portable and is supported by the operator grasping the handle 28.

In-the operation of the machine, the receptacle 16 is partly filled with the lfa'ris green or other insecticide. The operator then places the discharge mouth-25 in proximity to the plant infected with the insects, and turns or rotates the pulley 10. This ro tation is imparted to the fan 3, which now discharges air through the pipes 14 and 15. The lower openings 20 are covered or closed bythe Paris green-23 and the air is hccordingly discharged through the upper uncovered openings 20. The tongues 21 direct this air in a downwardly direction to impinge upon the upper surface of the mass of the- Paris green, whereby said air takes up some of the Paris gree i, which is in the form of powder and conducts the same through the pipe 24;. The air laden with the Paris green powder is discharged through the mouth 25 and is spread in an outwardly direction by the deflector 26 to be sprayed upon the "plant.

As the quantity of the mass of the Paris green decreases, other openings 20 are uncovered and hence air is discharged through them to impinge against the upper surface of said mass,

1 wish it iniderstood'that the 'fo rin of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred, example of my invention-andthat certain changes in the shape, size and ,arrangementof parts-inlay -clairn:

be resorted 'to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope-of the' subj oined' claims.

Having thus descrihedj ny invention,

v 1. In a machine of the character described,

"a receptacle for holding an insecticide, dis-' charge means for said-receptacle, aconduit disposed within therecepta'cle'and being ape nroximately vertically disposed,said conduit a receptacle for holding an insecticide, dis-' charge me'ans'i'or'said'receptacle, a conduitdisposed within the receptacle and being approximately vertically disposed, said conduitbeing provided with spaced superposed openings formed therethrough and with outwardly extending inclined tongues positioned adjacent the-u per end of the openings, and means to force air through said conduit. v in testimony whereof I aflix my s gnalof two-Witnesses. .7 HERB IAN J, TH EIM. Witnesseszv v v CIIAUNCEY' J; HAMILTON, I ANDREW J. MCNAUGI-I'i", J r;

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